Sons Of The Forest adds a sick new vehicle in the latest patch

Sons Of The Forest adds a sick new vehicle in the latest patch

Plus fire accurate clothing options and further adjustments to Kelvin


Sons Of The Forest continues its Early Access journey, but what was once a peaceful forest walk turns into a totally radical Zoom session, all thanks to the game's third patch, which introduces a new vehicle, tweaks to, uh, corpses and much more adds more.


This new rideable vehicle is called the Knight V (v for five) and is essentially a one-wheeled bicycle. Or a one-wheeled mechanical skateboard? It also reminds me of those viral, self-balancing Segways - the ones without the handles, I mean. Check out Knight V gameplay here and let me know if the mysterious contraption actually has a real name and/or counterpart. With this you can essentially skip the whole forest, no problem. I doubt any mutant cannibals will catch up with you on Knight V. Unless they can use it for themselves.


Other new features include handy night vision goggles, solar cells in the build system and a buildable spring trap - which you can trigger as you ride the Knight V and launch yourself into the air. You can also use the spring trap as a real cannibal deterrent, but that just feels old-fashioned by comparison.


Half the appeal of patch notes comes from reading the out-of-context tweaks section, which sometimes gives us gems like "dead babies now have buoyancy in water," "can now pick up and throw bloated corpses," and my favorite, "Mr. and the Mrs. Puffton's clothes now burn when burned." Are these changes workable? Is fireproof clothing an "improvement"? What if I want to burn Mr. and Mrs. Puffton but wear their clothes afterwards? Something (more burning) food for thought.


Everyone's best friend Kelvin saw improvements in the first and second patches, and this third is no different. He can now pick up all types of arrows, drop the correct types, and you can see him carrying them - as in, it's visible now. Good job Kelvin. You can read the full list of bug fixes, improvements, and new features here.


For everything else related to Sons Of The Forest, the RPS Guides crew has you sorted using our interactive map. And for entertainment purposes, Rachel built a blueberry empire, AliceB likened the game to a '00s B-movie thriller, and Ollie just played the game and wrote a review.